GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 21 June 1928, Page 10

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

GREEK TOBACCO STRUVE. United Service London, June 18. Communists are seeking to extend the Greek tobacco strike, Salonika reports, and have induced a number of electricians and railway workers to join. It is reported that the first squadron of the navy at Mitylene has joined the strikers. Collisions with police and strikers have tken place in various towns. Several people have been killed or injured. GIANT BRITISH AIRSHIP. (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, June 18. The great British airship. RlOO, is nearing completion and will be launched next month. It lias a 5,000,000 cubic foot capacity, Rolls-Royce engines, and accommodation for 100 passengers. After the Air Ministry tests have been passed, a flight in the early autumn will be made from England to Canada and New York, and back to England. LORD LOVAT’S EMPIRE TOUR. Australian Press Association. Vancouver, Juno 18. Lord Lovat, head of the Overseas Settlement Committee, who is to tour Canada this summer to confer with the Federal and Provincial authorities on immigration problems, sails for Australia on September 19. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT. Australian Press Association. Canberra, June 19. The Federal Parliament has adjourned until September. The amending Arbitration Bill was the most outst .nding measure passed. JAPANESE FLEET’S TOUR. Australian Press Association. Fremantle, June 19. Admiral Kotayshi, of the Javanese

training squadron which is visiting Australia, said the sons and daughters of Japaiiese are much taller than their parents. School children past five or six years have discarded the Japanese kimona for European dress, giving the arms and legs more freedom, and they now sit upon chairs -to eat or read, instead of the old-time custom of squatting on mats. Prince Takamatsu, brother of the Emperor, who is accompanying the fleet, is 26 years of age. He expressed the hope that cordial relations, between Japan and Australia would always continue. GIFT TO LONDON HOSPITALS. (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, June 18. The King Edward's Hospital Fund Trust, which distributes from voluntary subscriptions £250,000 annually to London hospitals, has received a gift of £lO,OOO from an anonymous donor, who is believed from circumstantial evidence to be a subscriber who has previously sent several large gifts. 60,000 TON SHIP PLANNED. (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, June 18. The keel of the 60,000 tons passenger ' liner ordered recently by the 'White Star line and which will cost nearly £7,000,000 is being laid by Harland and Wolff at their Belfast yards. It will be the greatest ship afloat and will take three and a-half years to build. DESERTER FROM STEAMER. Wellington, June 19. Au order of deportation was made to-day in the case of Van Katwyk, a deserter from the steamer Port Nichol‘son last year, but the case is open to come before the Magistrate again if Katwky is able to secure sureties. UNION REFUSES MEMBER. Wellington, June 19. “Is a man who has been convicted and imprisoned for theft entitled to

demand admission to membership of the Cooks and Stewards' Union!” This question was answered in the negative by M-r. Page, S.M., in a reserved judgment this morning. Archibald John Bryant, a steward, claimed £25 damages from the union, contending that he was eligible for membership, but had been prevented from obtaining employment open to members of the union. The magistrate said the preference clause contained a provision that it shall only applv so long as the membership of the union shall be open to any person of good character. Plaintiff had been convicted on two charges of theft and, having regard to the nature of a steward's employment, and to the many opportunities for committing theft, the action of the union was justified. BANKRUPT INCURS DEBT. Wellington, June 19. In the Supreme Court, I'inlay John I McLean was sentenced to a month’s | imprisonment for contracting a debt over £2O without disclosing that he was an undischarged bankrupt. He had been declared bankrupt at Wanganui. Wellington and Hamilton and only once obtained a discharge. SEARCH FOR PETROLEUM. Gisborne, June 19. Taranaki Oil Fields, Ltd., report:— Gisborne No. 1 Well. —Four and a half inch diameter casing run to 3000 feet. Gisborne No. 2 Well.—Drilled to 755 feet in sandstone and shale; 12in diameter casing to 730 feet. _ WORKMAN GIVEN DAMAGES. Wellington, June 19. Robert Davies, who sought ”100 from Sir William Ariel and Company, Ltd., for injuries to his hand caused by an accident while hoisting steel bars with a crane, was awarded £520 general damages and £5O special damages.